Comments on: You Can’t Please All the People All of the Time: The Qwitter Phenomenon http://www.swbnetwork.com/blog/featured/the-qwitter-phenomenon/ Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:32:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Susan Lewis http://www.swbnetwork.com/blog/featured/the-qwitter-phenomenon/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Susan Lewis Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:02:30 +0000 http://www.swbnetwork.com/blog/?p=21#comment-54 I'm not entirely sure that Qwitter is very accurate anyway. I signed up, just out of morbid curiosity. Got a message shortly after that someone had quit following me after a tweet that went out a couple of months _before_ I signed up for Qwitter. Not sure if that means it has the power to go back into the past or if it doesn't tie the quitting to the right post all the time. Or if I truly have only had one person quit following me in the past three months? Wow. I’m not entirely sure that Qwitter is very accurate anyway. I signed up, just out of morbid curiosity. Got a message shortly after that someone had quit following me after a tweet that went out a couple of months _before_ I signed up for Qwitter. Not sure if that means it has the power to go back into the past or if it doesn’t tie the quitting to the right post all the time. Or if I truly have only had one person quit following me in the past three months? Wow.

]]> By: Michelle MacPhearson http://www.swbnetwork.com/blog/featured/the-qwitter-phenomenon/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Michelle MacPhearson Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:42:46 +0000 http://www.swbnetwork.com/blog/?p=21#comment-39 I don't do Quitter. I is who I is, so those who unsub simply aren't a good match for my message. Plus, there are tons of stats available from Aweber, Analytics, Feedburner etc. that give me a good idea of what people do and don't like. <abbr><em>Michelle MacPhearson had something to say about <a href="http://www.michellemacphearson.com/analysis-of-obama-v-mccain-in-the-social-media-space/" rel="nofollow">Analysis of Obama v. McCain in the Social Media Space</a></abbr></em> I don’t do Quitter. I is who I is, so those who unsub simply aren’t a good match for my message. Plus, there are tons of stats available from Aweber, Analytics, Feedburner etc. that give me a good idea of what people do and don’t like.

Michelle MacPhearson had something to say about Analysis of Obama v. McCain in the Social Media Space

]]> By: Allison http://www.swbnetwork.com/blog/featured/the-qwitter-phenomenon/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Allison Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:33:31 +0000 http://www.swbnetwork.com/blog/?p=21#comment-29 On the one hand Twitter (and other social networking applications) lend themselves to this kind of vanity app. We all want to be liked, and we all want to be validated. It is human nature and one of the primary forces that drives us. These things aren't going away. On the other hand social networking is all about being genuine, transparent, and being yourself. ANY kind of feedback will cause a change in that (httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_tNzeouHC4) whether you think you can stay at arms length or not. I don't know what makes people follow OR leave me and it's not that I don't care about them, but I am not using Twitter as a barometer of how cool/funky/friendly/bossy/bitchy I am :) As the great philosophy Popeye once said " I ams what I ams" On the one hand Twitter (and other social networking applications) lend themselves to this kind of vanity app. We all want to be liked, and we all want to be validated. It is human nature and one of the primary forces that drives us. These things aren’t going away.

On the other hand social networking is all about being genuine, transparent, and being yourself. ANY kind of feedback will cause a change in that (httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_tNzeouHC4) whether you think you can stay at arms length or not.

I don’t know what makes people follow OR leave me and it’s not that I don’t care about them, but I am not using Twitter as a barometer of how cool/funky/friendly/bossy/bitchy I am :)

As the great philosophy Popeye once said ” I ams what I ams”

]]> By: Susan Smith http://www.swbnetwork.com/blog/featured/the-qwitter-phenomenon/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Susan Smith Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:14:58 +0000 http://www.swbnetwork.com/blog/?p=21#comment-25 I'm not a Qwitter. If I were, that would mean I would care what people who don't even know me think about me. I don't. I care what my family thinks. I care what my friends think. I care what my customers think. Twitter's magic is not about racking up followers or winning a popularity contest of sorts. Twitter's magic is that it's a remarkable way to connect to people with whom you share common interests, be it personal or professional. If I were a politician or people-pleaser (gasp!), maybe I would care about Qwitter. But I'm not, so I don't. <abbr><em>Susan Smith had something to say about <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wwork/~3/438301708/" rel="nofollow">Happy Halloween - No Trick, A Treat</a></abbr></em> I’m not a Qwitter. If I were, that would mean I would care what people who don’t even know me think about me. I don’t. I care what my family thinks. I care what my friends think. I care what my customers think.

Twitter’s magic is not about racking up followers or winning a popularity contest of sorts. Twitter’s magic is that it’s a remarkable way to connect to people with whom you share common interests, be it personal or professional.

If I were a politician or people-pleaser (gasp!), maybe I would care about Qwitter. But I’m not, so I don’t.

Susan Smith had something to say about Happy Halloween – No Trick, A Treat

]]> By: Lisa http://www.swbnetwork.com/blog/featured/the-qwitter-phenomenon/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Lisa Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:54:37 +0000 http://www.swbnetwork.com/blog/?p=21#comment-23 Brent, if you can do the analysis without getting too hung up on it, that's great. But we wouldn't want you to ruin your pretty boy image by getting worry lines from fretting over Qwitter. Sheryl, I'll always follow you, so not quite to yourself! Karen, we follow you because you always keep us entertained. Lisa x Brent, if you can do the analysis without getting too hung up on it, that’s great. But we wouldn’t want you to ruin your pretty boy image by getting worry lines from fretting over Qwitter.

Sheryl, I’ll always follow you, so not quite to yourself!

Karen, we follow you because you always keep us entertained.

Lisa x

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